„Sen o różnoistotności Fortuny i Cnoty” Jana Dantyszka w świetle listu „Somnium de fortuna” Eneasza Sylwiusza Piccolominiego
Ewelina Drzewiecka, Dantiscus’ “De Virtutis et Fortunae differentia somnium” (“A Dream about the Distinction between Virtue and Fortuna”) in the Light of Enea Silvio Piccolomini’s Letter “Somnium de fortuna” (“A Dream about Fortune”)

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses and compares an early poem by Dantiscius “De Virtutis et Fortunae differentia somnium” (“A Dream about the Distinction between Virtue and Fortuna,” 1510) with Enea Silvio Piccolomini’s letter to Procopius of Rabenstein entitled “Somnium de fortuna” (“A Dream about Fortune,” 1444) which could be its prototype. Though the Polish poet’s work has some marks of originality consisting in emulative approach to the original, it also shows a great general similarity to the Italian author’s letter. The similarity refers not only to the fictional layer (the subject of both pieces being a dream journey to the kingdom of goddess Fortuna), but also on the grounds of a philosophical reflection. Such resemblances lead to consider “Somnium de fortuna” as a possible source of Dantiscus’ invention and also provide for a growing interest of Piccolomini’s writings in 16th century Poland.

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